E-commerce firm Amazon and electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian have started to roll out their electric delivery vehicles across the US, with plans to bring “thousands” to more than 100 cities by the end of 2022.
The electric delivery vans, which Amazon says have been designed from the ground up with “safety, sustainability and comfort in mind”, are built in Illinois and reportedly have a range of between 120 and 150 miles.
The vehicles will be first deployed in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle and St Louis, among other cities. The two firms hope to produce 100,000 of these vehicles by 2030.
Amazon says they will help to decarbonise last-mile logistics and continue the shift to reach net-zero carbon across the US, saving “millions of metric tonnes of carbon per year”.
